Solicitations.

§ 609.3 Solicitations. DOE may invite the submission of Applications for loan guarantees for Eligible Projects pursuant to a Solicitation. (a) Each Solicitation must include, at a minimum, the following information: (1) The dollar amount of loan guarantee authority potentially being made available by DOE in that Solicitation; (2) The place for submission of Applications; (3) The name and address of the DOE representative whom a potential Applicant may contact to receive further information and a copy of the Solicitation; (4) The form, format, and page limits applicable to the Application; (5) The amount of the Application Fee and any other fees that will be required; (6) The programmatic, technical, financial, and other factors that DOE will use to evaluate response submissions, and their relative weightings in that evaluation; and (7) Such other information as DOE may deem appropriate. (b) Using procedures as may be announced by DOE a potential Applicant may request a meeting with DOE to discuss its potential Application. At its discretion, DOE may meet with a potential Applicant, either in person or electronically, to discuss its potential Application. DOE may provide a potential Applicant with a preliminary response regarding whether its proposed Application may constitute an Eligible Project. DOE's responses to questions from potential Applicants and DOE's statements to potential Applicants are pre-decisional and preliminary in nature. Any such responses and statements are subject in their entirety to any final action by DOE with respect to an Application submitted in accordance with § 609.4.